You knew I'd only pop by to say something trivial, so...

Dr. Ed Odell of the University of Texas Department of Mathematics is a birdie! That's right, I said it, and I've been itching to record it in the annals of blogdom so that all may know. Seriously though, extraordinarily bird-like physique with supporting avian traits. Now I'm sure he'll wind up reading this somehow, cause he seems like the kind of person who would find out that one of his students believes him to be a birdie. And to him I say, please take no offense for I am a goaty, and there are others who are also goaties, and some who are other animals. And you, sir, are a birdie. A mathematically-gifted birdie.